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An Interesting Interview and Some Economic Nonsense

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:19:51 -0800
Via Jeff Jonas, who oh-so-carefully assessed the treatment he received in Stephen Baker’s book The Numerati, I came across this NPR interview with Baker. In the latter part of the interview, Baker discusses pretty accurately Jonas’ dissent from the passion for predictive data mining in the national security world. That dissent was given expression in the paper Jeff and I wrote, “Effective Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data Mining.” The data intelligentsia are an interes

Political Research Associates Urges Caution in Aftermath of Attack

Fri, 21 Sep 2001 00:00:01 -0700
Political Research Associates Urges Caution in Aftermath of Attack Somerville, MA, September 19, 2001- All of us at Political Research Associates are personally moved by the devastating loss of life...